As part of the English-language series on giftedness in the workplace, I’m joined by Dr. Noks Nauta (78) — non-practisingmedical doctor, psychologist, author, and pioneer of adult giftedness research.

Noks only discovered she is highly gifted (IQ 145+) at the age of 52 through a conflict in the workplace. What began as a personal discovery evolved into a lifelong mission: making the world a better place for gifted adults and seniors. She is also a co-founder of the Gifted Adults Foundation (IHBV) in the Netherlands — the world’s only foundation dedicated exclusively to gifted adults.

This episode explores 10 key things to know about high giftedness, and practical tips to obtain your highly gifted person’s driver's license.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction

01:25 Meet Dr. Noks Nauta

03:40 What does highly gifted (IQ 145+) actually mean?

11:00 Finding your tribe: Mensa, Triple Nine Society, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry & (highly) gifted cafés

26:35 High giftedness: characteristics, the Delphi Model ofGiftedness & performance

30:18 Parenting highly gifted children

41:45 Why giftedness is still a taboo

43:35 Mental health, caregivers, and self-compassion

50:30 The Highly Gifted Person's Driver's License

55:20 “Don’t say the G-word.” Talk about your characteristics and needs.

01:06:00 "It's not a sexy topic." Adult giftedness research & the future of the field

01:11:48 Giftedness and neurodiversity

01:15:55 Books, resources & where to learn more

01:20:00 Where to learn more about Dr. Noks Nauta and herwork

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References:

- Mensa: www.mensa.org

- Triple Nine Society (TNS): www.triplenine.org

- International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE): www.thethousand.com

- High Giftedness Expertise Group (HGEG): https://highgiftedness.org

- Wiki about high giftedness: https://highgiftedness.org/wiki/index.php/Hoofdpagina

- Gifted Adults Foundation (Dutch: Instituut Hoogbegaafdheid Volwassenen (IHBV)) website: https://ihbv.nl/

- Gifted Adults Foundation leaflets: https://ihbv.nl/leaflets-english/ (English) + https://ihbv.nl/leaflets/ (Dutch) + https://ihbv.nl/leaflets-deutsch/ (German)

- (Highly) gifted cafes (Dutch: (zeer) HB-café) of the Gifted Adults Foundation: https://hb-cafe.ihbv.nl/- Delphi Model of Giftedness: https://www.oya.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/190702-article-Delphi-Model-of-Giftedness-ADJ-reprint.pdf (English) + https://www.oya.nl/producten/delphikaart/ (Dutch)

- Choose Work episode 11 about the Delphi Model ofGiftedness explained

- Blog. The Other Side of the Concept of Neurodiversity/Neurodivergence. Dr. Noks Nauta: https://noksnauta.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/de-andere-kant-van-het-begrip-neurodiversiteit-neurodivergentie/ (Dutch) + www.mensafoundation.org/the-other-side-of-the-concept-of-neurodiversity-neurodivergence/ (English)

- Documentary. Rise: The Extraordinary Journey ofthe Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted. Susan Jackson.

- DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses

- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

- SCALIQ: https://scaliq.com/en/scaliq-bovengemiddelde-iq-testen-english/

- Rianne van de Ven

- Dr. Allen Frances

- Amy Beach

- Anna Maria van Schurman

- Hildegard von Bingen

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Support the podcast:
- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntary contribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Dr. Noks Nauta & learn more about her work:

- Website: www.noksnauta.nl

- Blog: noksnauta.wordpress.com

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/noksnauta

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For show notes, please visit ⁠heididelanghe.com/podcast⁠

For feedback or suggestions for topics or guests, email me at [email protected]

Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert in Giftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book a free discovery call at ⁠heididelanghe.com/contact⁠

- Linkedin: ⁠linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe⁠

- Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/heididelanghe.coaching/

What happens when you spend decades feeling like the odd one out — too intense, too much — only to discover through your child that you are gifted?

In this English-language episode, I’m joined by Pauline Coret, Director of the Gifted Adults Foundation (IHBV) — the world’s only foundation dedicated exclusively to gifted adults. Alongside her work with the foundation, Pauline is a certified Career Professional and Core Talents Analyst.

Together, we explore Pauline’s personal journey as a gifted adult, the mission and impact of the Gifted Adults Foundation, and the Delphi Model of Giftedness. Pauline also shares how she recognises the model’s characteristics in her own life and work.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction to Choose Work

01:28 Meet Pauline Coret: certified career professional and director of the Gifted Adults Foundation
03:10 Growing up gifted without knowing it
05:40 School, underperforming on purpose, and learning to fit in
08:40 University, failure, and finding work
09:10 Fifteen years in insurance: boredom and job-hopping
11:20 Feeling like the odd one out at work
15:20 Why every job became boring
17:20 Workplace conflict and burnout
18:02 Discoverying her son's giftedness and the book that dropped like a bomb
19:40 Pauline's IQ score of 142 and a complete shift in self-understanding
23:40 Finding peers through the Gifted Adults Foundation and Gifted Cafes
25:20 Leaving insurance and starting her own business
27:10 Entrepreneurship, autonomy, and finding work that finally fits
30:24 The Gifted Adults Foundation: mission, research, community, international ambitions

34:30 How to start a Gifted Cafe in your own country

35:55 The Delphi Model of Giftedness explained
40:09 Why most giftedness models don't work well for adults
41:34 Applying the Delphi Model to Pauline's own life

53:30 What Pauline still wants to achieve — and her dream for the Foundation

54:39 Where to find Pauline and the Gifted Adults Foundation

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References:

- Book: Hoogbegaafd: als je kind (g)een Einstein is. Tessa Kieboom.

- Gifted Adults Foundation (Dutch: Instituut Hoogbegaafdheid Volwassenen (IHBV)) website: https://ihbv.nl/

- Gifted Adults Foundation leaflets: https://ihbv.nl/leaflets-english/ (English) + https://ihbv.nl/leaflets/ (Dutch) + https://ihbv.nl/leaflets-deutsch/ (German)

- Gifted Adults Foundation gifted cafes (Dutch: HB-Cafés): https://hb-cafe.ihbv.nl/

- IHBV Facebook: www.facebook.com/InstituutHBVolwassenen/

- IHBV Instagram: www.instagram.com/stichtingihbv/

- IHBV LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ihbv-instituut-hoogbegaafdheid-volwassenen

- Delphi Model of Giftedness: www.oya.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/190702-article-Delphi-Model-of-Giftedness-ADJ-reprint.pdf (English) + https://www.oya.nl/producten/delphikaart/ (Dutch)

- Dr. Matt Zakreski

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Support the podcast:

- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntary contribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Pauline Coret:

- Website: www.watzijnmijnkerntalenten.nl/

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/pauline-coret-08002810/

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/pauline_kernkompas/

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For show notes, please visit ⁠heididelanghe.com/podcast⁠

For feedback or suggestions for topics or guests, email me at [email protected]

Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert in Giftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book a free discovery call at ⁠heididelanghe.com/contact⁠

- Linkedin: ⁠linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe⁠

- Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/heididelanghe.coaching/

How do you navigate career transitions when things feel uncertain and uncomfortable?

In this episode in English, I’m joined by Dr. Rachael Skews — behavioural scientist, psychologist, coach, and internationally recognised expert in Acceptance & Commitment Coaching.

We take a deep dive into career transitions and psychological flexibility & ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy),exploring why uncertainty, fear, impostor thoughts, and self-doubt often show up when our work really matters — and how ACT can help us move forward.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction to Choose Work
01:05 Career transitions, psychological flexibility, and why this episode matters
01:30 Meet Dr. Rachael Skews and her work in Acceptance & Commitment Coaching
03:10 What Acceptance & Commitment Coaching really is (and what it isn’t)
06:45 Impostor thoughts, self-doubt, and why high performers experience them
08:30 Why the goal isn’t to get rid of difficult thoughts and feelings
10:30 Rachael’s non-linear career journey: consultancy, academia, health tech, and entrepreneurship
15:10 Moving from academia to Headspace and working in behavioural science
18:10 Entrepreneurship, uncertainty, and psychological flexibility as a resource
20:00 Rest, recovery, and treating yourself like an elite performer
22:20 Self-criticism, overworking, and building self-compassion at work
23:40 Redundancy, career inflection points, and conscious career choice
25:10 Starting a business: loneliness, creativity, and stepping into the swamp
27:30 Values, meaning, and designing work that actually fits you
30:10 The “swamp” metaphor: discomfort as the price of meaningful work
33:00 Fear, uncertainty, and speaking outside your comfort zone
35:10 ACT in action: focusing on what’s on the other side of the swamp
38:00 Risk tolerance, uncertainty, and how personality shapes career choices
42:20 Case example: supporting a senior leader considering entrepreneurship
45:00 Scarcity mindset, money fears, and responsibility during career transitions
48:00 Why fear makes sense — and why it shouldn’t make the decision
50:30 Is it ever too late to build psychological flexibility?
53:10 Psychological flexibility as “conscious evolution”
54:20 Rachael’s upcoming book on Acceptance & Commitment Coaching
56:00 A practical reflection exercise for listeners navigating career transitions
58:10 Where to find Rachael and her work

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Resources mentioned:

- Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)

- ACBS World Conference 2026

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Support the podcast:- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntarycontribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Dr. Rachael Skews and learn more about her work:

- Website: https://www.rachaelskews.com/

- The Coaching UnpACT podcast

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For show notes, please visit ⁠heididelanghe.com/podcast⁠

For feedback or suggestions for topics or guests, email me [email protected]

Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book a free discovery call at ⁠heididelanghe.com/contact⁠

- Linkedin: ⁠linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe⁠

- Instagram: ⁠⁠instagram.com/heididelanghe.coaching/⁠

In this episode in English, I’m joined by Sharmin Reehman — CEO and Founder of Elev8te — a company dedicated to building partnerships that drive a more diverse, innovative, and inclusive tech industry. Sharmin is also the City Leader for Founders Live Singapore, where she regularly hosts free pitching competitions for founders.
Half Indian and half Iranian, Sharmin has called Singapore home for the past 16 years. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience across banking, consulting, and government — and her bold transition into entrepreneurship — she shares candid lessons on failure, neurodiversity (including ADHD and dyslexia), and building companies that genuinely align withlife goals. We also dive into why diversity, innovation, and inclusion in tech matters.

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 TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction to Choose Work
01:00 Meet Sharmin Reehman and why diversity, innovation, and inclusion in tech matter
02:00 Sharmin’s career journey across banking, consulting, government, and entrepreneurship
03:00 Core career lessons: mentors, neurodiversity as strength, and falling forward
06:00 Shifting from proving yourself to making an impact and delivering value
09:00 Navigating bias, identity, and being an outcast in male-dominated environments
13:00 From corporate roles to founding Elev8te and embracing entrepreneurship

14:18 The steep learning curve—and fulfillment—of building something from scratch

16:46 Purpose, impact, and why entrepreneurship feels different from corporate work

22:00 Flexibility, productivity, and designing work around energy—not hours
23:30 The loneliness of entrepreneurship and how to cope with it
25:00 Building support systems and finding validation beyond titles and salary

36:00 Neurodiversity, ADHD, dyslexia, and big-picture thinking

41:55 How diversity fuels innovation—and why inclusion sustains it

43:16 Diversity, innovation and inclusion to build high-performance teams
49:43 Five-year vision: learning, travel, wellness, and global impact
52:54 Where to find Sharmin and how to connect

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Support the podcast:- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntarycontribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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For show notes, please visit heididelanghe.com/podcast

For feedback or suggestions for topics or guests, email me at [email protected]

Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book a free discovery call at heididelanghe.com/contact

- Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe

- Instagram: instagram.com/heididelanghe.coaching/

I had the privilege of speaking with Professor Filip De Fruyt, who brings over 35 years of expertise in academic research and international business consultancy.

🎓 Filip is a Senior Full Professor of Differential Psychology and Personality Assessment at Ghent University and serves as International Relationships Officer at Low Lands Assessment Systems.

This episode in English is a deep dive into Person-Environment Fit (P-EFit) - and why it’s central to understanding careers, performance, and employee retention.

💡 Key insights from our conversation:
🔹 For over three decades, Filip has studied the intersection of how people work and perform (Big Five personality model) and what they do (Holland’s RIASEC vocational interest model).
🔹 Fit can be supplementary or complementary — a crucial consideration when hiring.
🔹 Fit is dynamic, not static: your role at 28 may no longer be the right fit at 32.
🔹 Organisations often over-focus on performance, but should also align employees’ learning and development with their vocational interests - critical in today's fast-changing job market.

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 Resources Referenced:

- Low Lands Assessment Systems: https://lowlandsassessmentsystems.com/en

- Lola-test: https://lowlandsassessmentsystems.com/en/explore-your-passion- The Big Five or Five-Factor Model: dimensions of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness

- John Holland's theory of vocational interests, the "RIASECmodel": interest domains of Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional

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Contact Filip De Fruyt: 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filip-de-fruyt/

- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aqL24tgAAAAJ&hl=en

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Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book a free discovery call here: www.heididelanghe.com/contact

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/heididelanghe/

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe

#CareerDevelopment #PersonEnvironmentFit #Psychology #FutureOfWork #BigFive #RIASEC #EmployeeEngagement

Meet Isabelle François - PhD in Bio-Engineering, science communicator for 15+ years in various sectors, and now the founder of Bright Star Coaching.

In 2022, Isabelle made a bold career switch to follow her passion: supporting gifted children ánd their families in rediscovering their strengths and shining with confidence.

Isabelle also teaches at SPRING-STOF, a non-profit offering tailored education to cognitively talented children.

In this episode in English, Isabelle opens up about her entrepreneurial journey in Belgium - the bright moments ánd the challenges.

💡 Highlights from the episode:

🔹 Even as a coach and expert in giftedness, Isabelle still finds it hard to say out loud that she is gifted.

🔹 Being an entrepreneur can be lonely, so having a tribe to support you is important.

🔹 Her favorite quote? "Everyting is an experiment." It doesn't need to be perfect, it needs to be good, just try it.

🔹 Despite the challenges of being an entrepreneur, it's worth it. The overall balance? Positive. 

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 Organisations, Programme and Podcast Referenced:

- Hoogbloeier: www.hoogbloeier.be

- Spring-stof: https://www.spring-stof.be/

- Springplank: https://www.vlaanderen.be/springplank-naar-zelfstandige

- FastForwardAmy Podcast-Amy Vandeputte

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Support the podcast:
- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntarycontribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Isabelle François:

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snelle_hoofdjes_coach/

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellefrancois/

- Website: https://brightstarcoaching.be/

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Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book your free discovery call here (EN/NL/FR): www.heididelanghe.com/contact

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/heididelanghe/

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe

#Entrepreneurship #Coaching #Giftedness #Career #CareerGrowth #Podcast #Solopreneur#ChooseWork #Hoogbegaafdheid #Carrière

Many people dream of starting their own business.

Not that many people do it.

And few people... manage to build a multi-million dollar business.

Bruno Lowagie (55) is one of the few who achieved this. As the original developer of iText, an open-source PDF library, he built a multi-million dollar business alongside his wife, growing it from a startup to a successful exit.

Bruno is also co-founder of the Wintercircus in Ghent and an author of both fiction and non-fiction books.

This 6th episode in English marks the start of a new theme we will explore in several episodes: Entrepreneurship.

🔎 What will you discover in this rollercoaster episode?
✅ Bruno's top entrepreneurial lessons

✅ What he would change if he were running Belgium  

✅ His "superpower"

✅ His ambitions for the future

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Books and Hub Referenced:

- Lowagie, B. (2025). Onvoltooid toekomstige tijd.

- Lowagie, B. (2024). Entreprenerd. Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business with Open Source Software.

- Thoreau, H.D. (originally published in 1854). Walden: or, Life in the Woods.

- Wasserman, N. (2013). The Founder's Dilemmas.

- Wintercircus: https://www.wintercircus.be/en

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Support the podcast:
- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntarycontribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Bruno Lowagie:

- Website: https://lowagie.com/

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blowagie/

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Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book your free discovery call here (EN/NL/FR): www.heididelanghe.com/contact

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/heididelanghe/

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe

Voor NL samenvatting, zie onderaan ⬇️

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Susan Osenga (49) works as a physician in social medical advisory services and only discovered later in life that she is gifted.

In this episode in Dutch on Giftedness in the Workplace, she openly shares her story – with a touch of humor.

🔎 What will you discover in this episode?
✅ Why she mainly remembers the hallways and principals' offices from her elementary school days
✅ How challenging her search for answers was
✅ Why this discovery came with a grieving process
✅ Practical tips for schools and employers to better support gifted people
✅ How she ultimately found peace – both personally and professionally

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Susan Osenga (49) werkt als keuringsarts en kwam er pas op latere leeftijd achter dat ze hoogbegaafd is.

In deze aflevering in het Nederlands over Hoogbegaafdheid op de Werkvloer deelt ze haar verhaal – openhartig én met een vleugje humor.

🔎 Wat ontdek je in deze aflevering?
✅ Waarom ze zich vooral de gangen en directeurskamers van haar lagere scholen herinnert

✅ Hoe moeizaam haar zoektocht naar antwoorden verliep

✅ Waarom deze ontdekking gepaard ging met een rouwproces

✅ Praktische tips voor scholen en werkgevers om hoogbegaafden beter te ondersteunen
✅ Hoe ze uiteindelijk rust vond - privé én professioneel

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Missed Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4 on Giftedness in the Workplace?

- Episode 1: From Architectural Engineer to Doctor in Psychology & Entrepreneur | Dr. Sabine Sypré | Giftedness [001] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UdcxI0Iulkoxv6ix5DP9v?si=B40IWjlJQ8-GNiLon3C9uw

- Episode 2: Discovering You’re Gifted... Because of Workplace Conflicts? | Dr. Noks Nauta | Giftedness [002] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FYiRH8DO7Zke41csi84xs?si=K-3YDD8lSPOOr9KDjtwOBQ

- Episode 3: Gifted People & Workplace Conflict: A Desire for Change? | Ido van der Waal | Giftedness [003] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/37DLmZVl1tYMhVRfCEcJf2?si=mT90o1j7TxqrGDYz6gO_0A

- Episode 4: From Bored at Work to Business Coach for Gifted Entrepreneurs | Wilma Kaptein | Giftedness [004] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TdVkVZkn8dBNIgYTIUKgk?si=fv3MHMsATb-RcZfZQ-TS-g

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Organisations, Events and Books Referenced:

- Instituut Hoogbegaafdheid Volwassenen (IHBV): https://ihbv.nl/

- Mensa: https://www.mensa.org/

- HB-cafés: https://hb-cafe.nl/

- Nationaal HB Congres on 11/03/2025: https://rijkaantalent.nl/

- HB huiskamer in Amsterdam: https://www.renatevanderveen.nl/hb-huiskamer/

- Webb, J. (2013). Searching for Meaning.

- Van der Waal, I., & Nauta, N. (2025). Hoogbegaafden in conflict.

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Support the podcast:

- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntarycontribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Susan Osenga:

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-osenga-58374b152/

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Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book your free discovery call here (EN/NL/FR): www.heididelanghe.com/contact

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/heididelanghe/

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe

Voor NL samenvatting, zie onderaan ⬇️

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From Bored at Work to Business Coach for Gifted Entrepreneurs. Wilma Kaptein (45) knows better than anyone what it’s like to feel bored in the workplace and to struggle with a silo mentality.

That experience led her to a new path: entrepreneurship.

In other words, the perfect reason to further explore the theme of Giftedness in the Workplace in the 4th episode in Dutch of the Choose Work podcast.

🔎 What will you discover in this episode?
✅ Why Wilma often felt bored in the workplace - and how she dealt with it
✅ How discovering her giftedness and a personality assessment helped her embrace entrepreneurship
✅ The advantages and pitfalls of gifted entrepreneurs
✅ A real-life case study of a gifted entrepreneur struggling with a business challenge
✅ Her golden career tips

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NL samenvatting

Van Verveling op het Werk naar Business Coach voor Hoogbegaafde Ondernemers. Wilma Kaptein (45) weet als geen ander hoe het is om zich in loondienst te vervelen en vast te lopen in silo-denken.

Die ervaring bracht haar op een nieuw pad: ondernemerschap.

Maw, de perfecte aanleiding om het thema Hoogbegaafdheid op de Werkvloer verder te verkennen in de 4e aflevering in het Nederlands van de Choose Work podcast.

🔎 Wat ontdek je in deze aflevering?
✅ Waarom Wilma zich in loondienst vaak verveelde – en hoe ze daarmee omging
✅ Hoe de ontdekking van haar hoogbegaafdheid en een persoonlijkheidsonderzoek haar hielpen om ondernemerschap te omarmen
✅ De voordelen én valkuilen van hoogbegaafde ondernemers
✅ Een real-life casusbespreking van een hoogbegaafde ondernemer met een ondernemersvraagstuk
✅ Haar gouden carrièretips

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Missed Episodes 1, 2 and 3 on Giftedness in theWorkplace?

- Episode 1: From Architectural Engineer to Doctor inPsychology & Entrepreneur | Dr. Sabine Sypré | Giftedness [001] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UdcxI0Iulkoxv6ix5DP9v?si=a6KnlfH-RaahKC2YDfxGaA

- Episode 2: Discovering You’re Gifted... Because ofWorkplace Conflicts? | Dr. Noks Nauta | Giftedness [002] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FYiRH8DO7Zke41csi84xs?si=K-3YDD8lSPOOr9KDjtwOBQ

- Episode 3: Gifted People & Workplace Conflict: ADesire for Change? | Ido van der Waal | Giftedness [003] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/37DLmZVl1tYMhVRfCEcJf2?si=mT90o1j7TxqrGDYz6gO_0A

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Organisation Referenced:

- Instituut Hoogbegaafdheid Volwassenen (IHBV) -HB-ondernemers: https://ihbv.nl/hb-ondernemers/

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Support the podcast:

- If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntarycontribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework

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Contact Wilma Kaptein:

- Website: https://wilmakaptein.nl/

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilmakaptein/

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Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert inGiftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book your free discovery call here (EN/NL/FR): www.heididelanghe.com/contact

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/heididelanghe/

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe

Voor NL samenvatting, zie onderaan ⬇️

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Many workplace conflicts involving gifted people are about... a desire for change.

That’s what Ido van der Waal has discovered through his experience as a mediator in hundreds of workplace conflicts.

Together with Dr. Noks Nauta, he recently dedicated a book to this topic: Hoogbegaafden in Conflict.

A perfect reason to dive deeper into this subject in the 3rd episode in Dutch of the Choose Work podcast!

🔎 What will you discover in this episode?
✅ Why Ido is so fascinated by conflicts - and how his dyslexia plays a role
✅ Why gifted people experience conflict, both as employees and entrepreneurs
✅ How to navigate and resolve conflicts together
✅ Why conflicts can actually drive innovation
✅ How different countries and cultures handle conflicts

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NL samenvatting:

Veel conflicten van hoogbegaafden op de werkvloer gaan over... een wens tot verandering.

 Dat is Ido van der Waal te weten gekomen dankzij zijnervaring als mediator in honderden conflicten op de werkvloer.

Samen met Dr. Noks Nauta heeft hij recent een boek aan dit thema gewijd: Hoogbegaafden in Conflict.

Kortom, de perfecte aanleiding om in de 3e aflevering in het Nederlands van de Choose Work podcast dieper in te gaan op dit onderwerp!

🔎 Wat ontdek je in deze aflevering?

✅ Hoe het komt dat Ido zo gefascineerd is door conflicten -  en hoe zijn dyslexie daarbij een rol speelt

✅ Waarom hoogbegaafden in conflict raken, in loondienst énals ondernemer

✅ Hoe je conflicten samen kunt aanpakken

✅ Waarom conflicten juist een bron van innovatie kunnen zijn
✅ Hoe ze in verschillende landen en culturen met conflicten omgaan

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Missed Episodes 1 and 2 on Giftedness in the Workplace?

- Episode 1: From Architectural Engineer to Doctor inPsychology & Entrepreneur | Dr. Sabine Sypré | Giftedness [001] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UdcxI0Iulkoxv6ix5DP9v?si=a6KnlfH-RaahKC2YDfxGaA

- Episode 2: Discovering You’re Gifted... Because ofWorkplace Conflicts? | Dr. Noks Nauta | Giftedness [002] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FYiRH8DO7Zke41csi84xs?si=K-3YDD8lSPOOr9KDjtwOBQ

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Book, Research, Organisation and Event Referenced:

- Van der Waal, I., & Nauta, N. (2025). Hoogbegaafdenin conflict.

- Delphimodel Hoogbegaafdheid: https://www.maudvanthiel.nl/onderzoeker

- Instituut Hoogbegaafdheid Volwassenen (IHBV): https://ihbv.nl/

- HB-cafés: https://hb-cafe.nl/

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Contact Ido van der Waal:

- Website: https://www.altena-ned.nl/

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ido-van-der-waal-07354a15 

- Bijzondere breinen: https://social-enterprise.nl/artikelen/achter-de-schermen-bijbijzondere-breinen/

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Contact Heidi - Career & Leadership Coach • Expert in Giftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:

- Book your free discovery call here (EN/NL/FR): www.heididelanghe.com/contact

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